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Posted By: tjschwartz

Card was already in an aged holder that only said 1911 Eddie Plank. I just had it re-slabbed. The whole idea of Mr. X was mine and Mr. X's. Wanted to have some fun. Am I trying to drum up interest in the collection? YOU BETCHA! What's wrong with that? Don't we see Hunt, Josh, etc on ESPN hyping up rare items in future auctions all the time? Been a vintage dealer and store owner for 17 years and deals like this don't come around too often.

Make fun if you like. That's what I was doing with the whole Mr. X thing, having fun! Amazing how so many just assume because a rare card is found and graded, that it's trimmed. What about the PSA 5 Plank in Edwards' auction? That trimmed too? Last I checkled, it was at 30K with many weeks to go.

It will find a ready home at a solid price. How come no one complained that Branca's awesome Plows and the rest were trimmed? Lots of PSA 8's Plows Christy's around, eh? C'mon guys, lighten up and have some fun. You don't have to buy any of them, but there are plenty emailing me that want to.

I hardly think that PSA needs to drum up business. If you prefer SGC, great. They are a fine company, but we all know that PSA holders sell better. May be because of the Set Registry, but they do. I never read any PSA fans saying that SGC cards are trimmed.

Have some fun in the hobby. The Mr. X deal is just that and has certainly drummed up a lot of conversation.

TJ Schwartz